Cinemastallone tried to ‘buy and burn’ copies of film that became classic

If today, Rambo: programmed to kill (1982) is considered a classic of action, for the star Sylvester Stallone (Tulsa King), it was not always like that. The actor even declared in an interview to Howard Sternin 2019, which hated the first cut and considered “buy and burn everything“.

The feature, which in the original cut was about three hours long, was, in the words of Stallone“very bad”The script contained embarrassing dialogues, and his character, the former combatant John Rambospent much of the time “philosophizing“Alone in the forest.”Like: the policeman approaches me and asks, ‘Where do you think you’re going?’ And I would answer, ‘Have you seen Easy Rider? Because I am the easy walker ‘”remembered Stallonelaughing at the sentence. In another scene, after shooting an owl, Rambo released: “Take this one, your daughter of the bitch rated eater!”The actor admitted:“You can’t say that!”

The impact was so negative that Stallone And his agent got sick after the first exhibition. “This movie, when we made it, was so bad, at least in my opinion. Even my agent… we left and vomited together in the alley of so much horror”He said. In the face of the disaster, the proposed radical solution was to try to buy the negatives to prevent the movie from reaching theaters.”I swear to my children: we try to buy and burn everything“said the actor.

But instead of burying the project, Stallone He took the reins: As a corroteirista, he rewritten much of the feature, eliminated 40 minutes of material and had a bold idea: to minimize Rambo’s dialogues. “Said: Here’s an idea, cut all my dialogues. Each speech. And make other people talk about [ele]”He explained. The strategy worked. The new cut, with just 1h33, turned the potential failure into an action cinema classic, paving the way for one of the most successful franchises of the career of career Stallone.

Source:Howard Stern Show

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